The best way to slow the rate of abortions

It was heartening to read medical research confirming what the pro-choice community has been saying for years.

A World Health Organization study from around the world was published in the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet showing that where abortion is illegal, it is no more rare but much more dangerous.

The study also found that the best way to reduce the abortion rate is to improve access to birth control.

In Uganda, sex education is abstinence-only, abortion is illegal and the abortion rate is double ours – which is almost double Western Europe’s, where abortion is legal and contraception is widely available.

Access to birth control and related health care services, information and education about the impact of behavior on future health should be available to as many people as possible, as the best way to reduce the number of abortions.